I'm Going To Japan

12 Jul 2004, 22:45 #201

bmwracer wrote:Do I need a Visa if my trip to Japan is one way? :rolleyes: :beaten: :hehe:

not only that, you'll prolly need your amex and mastercard as well. nihon takaiyo!

12 Jul 2004, 22:46 #202

bmwracer wrote:
Do I need a Visa if my trip to Japan is one way? :rolleyes: :beaten: :hehe:

LOL, I think you know the answer to that :rolleyes: At least you can travel there for 90 days without doing anything but bringing your passport :mrgreen:

12 Jul 2004, 23:01 #203

niko2x wrote:not only that, you'll prolly need your amex and mastercard as well. nihon takaiyo!

I've got my Discover card as well! :hehe:

13 Jul 2004, 19:21 #204

bmwracer wrote:
I've got my Discover card as well! :hehe:

LOL, I was unable to use my Discover over there, if I remember correctly. Just Visa and Mastercard in most cases :P I don't have an Amex, but I knew a couple people who had problems finding places to take them :sweat:

13 Jul 2004, 20:04 #205

KouSeiya315 wrote:LOL, I was unable to use my Discover over there, if I remember correctly. Just Visa and Mastercard in most cases :P I don't have an Amex, but I knew a couple people who had problems finding places to take them :sweat:

i thought when you were there, you were mooching off your friend? (or at least up to a point anyways... :hehe: )

13 Jul 2004, 20:34 #206

niko2x wrote:i thought when you were there, you were mooching off your friend? (or at least up to a point anyways... :hehe: )

O___o;; I didn't mooch off anyone....I lived off of a student loan, I didn't stay with anyone :beaten: Credit cards were used for *some* shopping. I didn't use them all that often. Usually I'd email home, tell someone to deposit some loan money into my bank account, then go to the ATM w/ my debit card. I did that so I could budget myself and not spend too much too early. We all know how expensive it is over there :sweat: Sometimes because of the time difference, when I needed money, I would charge groceries, then make an online credit card payment when the money was in my account :P But for shopping things and mailing things back home, I wasn't able to pay that off right away :(

13 Jul 2004, 21:36 #207

KouSeiya315 wrote:LOL, I was unable to use my Discover over there, if I remember correctly. Just Visa and Mastercard in most cases :P I don't have an Amex, but I knew a couple people who had problems finding places to take them :sweat:

Augh! No Discover?? No cashback.....! :(

14 Jul 2004, 17:32 #208

Not many places in the U.S. use Discover anyways.. But they have the coolest Card designs.. they had a Japanese Flag Discover card.. and a few other country's.

14 Jul 2004, 20:51 #209

SubaruWRX wrote:Not many places in the U.S. use Discover anyways.. But they have the coolest Card designs.. they had a Japanese Flag Discover card.. and a few other country's.

Are you kidding? I use my Discover just about everywhere: Home Depot, Macy's, Fry's, Best Buy, etc.... Only my fave sushi bar doesn't take Discover... :)

14 Jul 2004, 21:58 #210

ahochaude wrote:Read this and I hope it can be of benefit to ya'll who plan to go to Japan in the near future.

VISA ADVICE

thanks.....must take note....when i finally have enough to go there.... :hehe: :hehe:

14 Jul 2004, 22:06 #211

bmwracer wrote:
Are you kidding? I use my Discover just about everywhere: Home Depot, Macy's, Fry's, Best Buy, etc.... Only my fave sushi bar doesn't take Discover... :)

Same here! Just about everywhere (where I am) takes Discover....

14 Jul 2004, 22:38 #212

KouSeiya315 wrote:Same here! Just about everywhere (where I am) takes Discover....

Yes. Cashback. :)

15 Jul 2004, 03:21 #213

bmwracer wrote:
Are you kidding? I use my Discover just about everywhere: Home Depot, Macy's, Fry's, Best Buy, etc.... Only my fave sushi bar doesn't take Discover... :)

Discover? I don't have that yet.

I only use my JCB and Amex.

And my Visa only at places that don't accept JCB or Amex. :)

15 Jul 2004, 07:30 #214

ahochaude wrote:Discover? I don't have that yet.

Like I said, Cashback, brotha. :D

15 Jul 2004, 09:11 #215

bmwracer wrote:Like I said, Cashback, brotha. :D

I get that 3% back from the JCB and Amex. :beaten:

How much you getting from Discover?

15 Jul 2004, 10:06 #216

ahochaude wrote:I get that 3% back from the JCB and Amex. :beaten:

How much you getting from Discover?

Whoa. Three percent??? That is awesome. How??

I'm just getting a piddly 1%... :sweat:

15 Jul 2004, 10:26 #217

bmwracer wrote:
Whoa. Three percent??? That is awesome. How??

I'm just getting a piddly 1%... :sweat:

I have that Amex blue cash card and the Marukai JCB card.

But I don't spend enough (charge rather) to make it worth my while. :sweat: :beaten:

15 Jul 2004, 10:55 #218

bmwracer wrote:
Are you kidding? I use my Discover just about everywhere: Home Depot, Macy's, Fry's, Best Buy, etc.... Only my fave sushi bar doesn't take Discover... :)

hardly anyplace here in Connecticut.

15 Jul 2004, 11:26 #219

ohhh i want to go to japan :D Can someone pay for my ticket :hehe:

15 Jul 2004, 13:10 #220

SubaruWRX wrote:hardly anyplace here in Connecticut.

Oh man.... :shakehead:

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